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April 24, 2024

General Assembly Short Session convenes

April 24, 2024

RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly returns for the short session on Wednesday with a handful of items on its agenda. Lawmakers will take up adjustments to the latest budget, including the possibility of […]

NC-13, Council of State seats on May 14 second primary ballot

April 24, 2024

RALEIGH — Absentee ballots have begun going out for the second primary in certain North Carolina races, which is set for May 14. Early voting will begin Thursday. Second primaries are being held for Republican […]

HILL: King Joe Biden and the student loan Jubilee

April 24, 2024

Student loans have been a problem for a long time. Every policymaker in Washington, D.C., has known it. Universities pocket full tuition from loans even if a student drops out after one day of class. […]

Hurricanes score twice in 9 seconds, stun Islanders for 2-0 series lead

April 22, 2024

RALEIGH — Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour often talks about moments, players making memories together that will last a lifetime. Brind’Amour has been a part of most of those Hurricanes’ memories, and what happened Monday at […]

Hurricanes overcome ‘unacceptable’ start, rally past Islanders for Game 1 win

April 20, 2024

RALEIGH — For 40 minutes, the Carolina Hurricanes hardly looked like the Stanley Cup favorite. The Islanders — who needed a late-season push to make the playoffs — had outshot the host team two-to-one in […]

Israel has achieved historic military wins: killing the top Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander in Lebanon and Syria and extirpating Hamas control from most of the Gaza Strip SHAPIRO: America is now in the business of losing wars

April 19, 2024

On Oct. 7, thousands of members of the terrorist group Hamas and its “civilian” friends broke through the barrier between the Gaza Strip and Israel and proceeded to torture, rape and slaughter at least 1,200 [...]
Aho has been chosen as the team's most valuable player six of the last seven seasons Writers select Sebastian Aho as Hurricanes’ MVP; Seth Jarvis wins Josef Vasicek Award

April 19, 2024

RALEIGH — The Carolina chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association handed out its two annual awards Thursday. Sebastian Aho received the team’s Most Valuable Player award for the sixth time in seven seasons, and [...]
Voe v. Mansfield relies heavily on WPATH as evidentiary support WPATH release could impact NC transgender lawsuit

April 18, 2024

RALEIGH — A lawsuit filed over a North Carolina state law barring gender transition surgery and hormone blockers for minors may have a hurdle to face following the release of a report on the World [...]
Genome editing and other cutting-edge science will become a bigger factor New tech will shape future of ag

April 18, 2024

CARY — Rodolphe Barrangou knows big things are coming. In fact, some of it is already here. The NC State distinguished professor of food, bioprocess and nutrition sciences spoke about revolutionary technologies that are changing [...]
Director Karen Brinson Bell told lawmakers the NCSBE chairman was responsible NC State Board of Elections altered Early Voting Site Plan submissions. The question is why?

April 18, 2024

RALEIGH — The North Carolina State Board of Elections has recently faced criticism for changing the deadline for counties to submit early voting site plans, shifting it from Aug. 2 to May 7 without explanation. [...]

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Legislator letters demand info under criminal threat from private schools, pregnancy centers

April 19, 2024

RALEIGH — Letters demanding information from at least 15 private schools and an unknown number of pregnancy centers sent this month also included threats of charging those entities with misdemeanors if they did not comply. […]

Miguel Cardona, Joe Biden, Loan forgiveness, Title IX

Biden admin finalizes Title IX rule; adds ‘gender identity’ language

April 19, 2024

RALEIGH — The U.S. Department of Education has finalized its Title IX rule that were paused last June. The new rule redefine sex by adding “gender identity” as a protected group, effectively opening the door […]

SHAPIRO: America is now in the business of losing wars

April 19, 2024

On Oct. 7, thousands of members of the terrorist group Hamas and its “civilian” friends broke through the barrier between the Gaza Strip and Israel and proceeded to torture, rape and slaughter at least 1,200 […]

Hurricanes rest stars for playoffs, lose finale in Columbus

April 16, 2024

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Zach Werenski had two goals and two assists, Jet Greaves made 38 saves and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat a diminished version of the playoff-bound Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 on Tuesday night. The […]

Jarvis’ 2 PPGs leads Hurricanes past Blackhawks

April 14, 2024

CHICAGO — The Carolina Hurricanes have one game left on their schedule, and their playoff position is still undecided. In the meantime, they are closing strong. Seth Jarvis collected two goals and an assist in […]

Hurricanes close on Rangers, beat Blues 5-2

April 12, 2024

ST. LOUIS — Jaccob Slavin scored the winning goal 7:53 into the third period and Jake Guentzel added a pair of empty-netters, lifting the Carolina Hurricanes to a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues […]

Hornets begin coaching search

April 10, 2024

CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte Hornets’ longest-serving head coach in team history will transition into an advisory role in the front office. Steve Clifford’s contract expires after the season. Some in the organization believed that the […]

Sampson, Heels honored in Phoenix

April 10, 2024

While NC State wasn’t able to cut down the nets in Phoenix, it was a successful Final Four weekend for several other North Carolina products. Robeson County’s Kelvin Sampson won the AP National Coach of […]

Svechnikov scores another lacrosse goal, Hurricanes beat Bruins

April 10, 2024

BOSTON — Andrei Svechnikov opened the scoring with a lacrosse-style goal and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Tuesday night. Svechnikov, who also had an assist, surprised goalie Jeremy Swayman by cradling […]

THE WORD: The seventh Commandment

March 2, 2024

This series explores the Ten Commandments through the words and admonishments of Arthur Pink. “Thou shalt not commit adultery” (Exodus 20:14). The virtues of purity are the basis of the domestic relations, and as the […]

Asheville’s Holler Choir

March 1, 2024

We owe a debt of gratitude to those who shattered Clint Roberts’ heart and to those who stitched back together the broken pieces left on the dusty floor of his memories. Without the trials of […]

The 411: How a 50-year old Head Start nonprofit has helped migrant farmworker children

March 1, 2024

RALEIGH — A 50-year-old Head Start program has had a multi-generational impact on migrant farmworker families and their children. Maria Garza, the CEO of the East Coast Migrant Head Start Project (ECMHSP), shared with North […]

What would happen without a Leap Day? More than you might think

February 28, 2024

NEW YORK — Leap year. It’s a delight for the calendar and math nerds among us. So how did it all begin and why? Have a look at some of the numbers, history and lore […]

THE WORD: The sixth Commandment

February 24, 2024

This series explores the Ten Commandments through the words and admonishments of Arthur Pink. “Thou shalt not kill.” — Exodus 20:13 The first five Commandments showed how God safeguards His glory; in the second five […]

Another endangered whale was found dead off East Coast. This one died after colliding with a ship

February 21, 2024

Federal authorities said the second critically endangered North Atlantic right whale found dead in the last month showed injuries consistent with a collision with a ship. The whales number less than 360 and they have […]

HILL: Defund NPR, PBS and ‘Sesame Street’

April 17, 2024

Uri Berliner, a senior business editor who has worked at National Public Radio (NPR) since 1999 publicly came out last week and said what everyone knew to be true about NPR for the past four […]

SHAPIRO: The cut flowers civilization

April 12, 2024

Last week, famed atheist Richard Dawkins explained that he was a “cultural Christian.” Praising his civilization, Dawkins stated, “I do think that we are culturally a Christian country. I call myself a cultural Christian. I’m […]

GINGRICH: Destroying the rule of law to destroy President Trump

April 11, 2024

The desperate effort by New York Democrats to destroy President Donald Trump is the clearest example of the collapse of the rule of law happening today. Arrogant and corrupt New York officials from the state’s […]

BARONE: Disorder on the border remains a problem for Biden Democrats

April 11, 2024

What were they thinking? Did President Joe Biden and the folks who put together his immigration policy imagine the voting public would celebrate policies that resulted in a record-high number of migration encounters — more […]

One year after ringing the bell, mom’s cancer fight continues

April 10, 2024

A year ago last week, my mom rang the bell. For anyone familiar with the cancer fight, ringing the bell generally means they’ve completed their round of treatments for the cancer with which they were […]

HILL: The American Climate Kiddie Corps

April 10, 2024

President Joe Biden wants you, the American taxpayer, to spend $8 billion for his American Climate Corps in his FY 2025 budget. Remember the Peace Corps? President John Kennedy created it in 1962 to send […]

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